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Fri, 02 Jun 2017 23:17:35 +0000Minor League coach raising funds for area tornado victimsMinor League coach raising funds for area tornado victimshttp://chic.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/12449/6944611?cpt=8&wpid=2637KETKtrophy. wanting to help out his native east texas... ty wright... the hitting coach for the myrtle beach pelicans... which is a chicago cubs single-a minor league affiliate... is trying to raise funds to assist tornado- affected victims in van- zandt county. wright who grew up in tyler... and attended robert-e-lee before graduating from wills point high school... has set up an on-line auction with the pelicans this week... as well as a silent auction at the team's home games through saturday... his former club... the eugene emeralds have also gotten in on the fund- raising efforts... items available include a great deal of cubs and big league memoribilia from players that wright reached out to... and were willing to lend a hand. outcue: this doesn't happen." to: 0:20 duration:0:20 "if i can put one smile on one face, then this whole thing was worth it. i just hope putting it in the right hands it goes down there and helps those families out. maybe it just gives them a bit of hope for the future that they can get through it. it took some tremendous people to really get this thing rolling, with their help, the big league baseball guys. so without incredible people, this doesn't happen." we will post a link